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Identification of 12 novel mutations in the SLC3A1 gene in Swedish cystinuria patients

✍ Scribed by Lotta Harnevik; Erik Fjellstedt; Annette Molbæk; Hans-Göran Tiselius; Torsten Denneberg; Peter Söderkvist

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
274 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
1059-7794

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✦ Synopsis

Communicated by Ulf Landegren

Cystinuria is an autosomal recessive disorder that affects luminal transport of cystine and dibasic amino acids in the kidneys and the small intestine. Three subtypes of cystinuria can be defined biochemically, and the classical form (type I) has been associated with mutations in the amino acid transporter gene SLC3A1. The mutations detected in SLC3A1 tend to be population specific and have not been previously investigated in Sweden. We have screened the entire coding sequence and the intron/exon boundaries of the SLC3A1 gene in 53 cystinuria patients by means of single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and DNA sequencing. We identified 12 novel mutations (a 2 bp deletion, one splice site mutation, and 10 missense mutations) and detected another three mutations that were previously reported. Five polymorphisms were also identified, four of which were formerly described. The most frequent mutation in this study was the previously reported M467T and it was also detected in the normal population with an allelic frequency of 0.5%. Thirty-seven patients were homozygous for mutations in the SLC3A1 gene and another seven were heterozygous which implies that other genes may be involved in cystinuria. Future investigation of the non-type I cystinuria gene SLC7A9 may complement our results but recent studies also suggest the presence of other potential disease genes.

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